Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Bolivar, Mo. Arrangements are under the direction of Pitts Chapel, Bolivar.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hebron Christian Fellowship, P.O. Box 694, Bolivar, MO 65613, or Encounter Ministry, P.O. Box 705, Phillipsburg, MO 65722.
William Matthew “Matt” McIntire, 77, of Bolivar was born March 20, 1941, in Santa Ana, Texas, the son of Fannie Mae and William Harvey McIntire. He died Oct. 15, 2018.
He was a graduate of Howard Payne University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and was an ordained Baptist minister.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps in 1963, served six months active duty and then continued in the Reserve until 1974, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of first lieutenant. He served as pastor of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Lovingston, Va., and Fort Lewis Baptist Church in Salem, Va.
On Feb. 17, 1973, he was united in marriage with Rachael Faye Paschall.
Although he served only a short time as a pastor, he was a strong believer in Christ, a faithful husband and companion to his wife, and beloved dad to his children, who will all greatly miss him.
Matt was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother, Ruby Sluder McIntire; and two sisters: Linda Osburn and Barbara Jones.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Rachael; children: Jeremy, Jennie, Lissi, Tim and Zachary McIntire, all of Bolivar, and Jason and Julia McIntire, Louisburg, Mo.; three sisters: Olivia Elam (Ed), Azle, Texas, and Peggy Hibbs (Cecil Day) and Judy Zabel (Rick), all of Coleman, Texas; and two brothers: Larry McIntire (Dona), Rising Star, Texas, and Tommy McIntire (Terry), Arlington, Texas.
